ArtsScene
Hear the Alleluia
The Acadia University Chorus will present a concert entitled Hallelujah on April 9 at 7 p.m. in Convocation Hall.
Michael Caines will direct the annual spring concert, this year entitled Alleluia! Joining the chorus will be John Scott, university organist.
They are performing works by Z. Randall Stroope, August Soderman, Stephen Paulus, Ralph Manuel, Linda Spevacek, Thomas LaVoy and Dietrich Buxtehude. Admission at the door is $10.
On stage in Berwick
On April 11, Susan Crowe and Cindy Church will play the Union Street Café in Berwick, followed on April 25 by The Kickin’ Mule Blues Band.
At Fundy Film
Fundy Film screens Selma on April 12 at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Ava DuVernay’s award-winning feature chronicles the tumultuous three months in 1965 when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (David Oyelowo) led a dangerous struggle to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama culminated in President Lyndon B. Johnson’s (Tom Wilkinson) signing of the Voting Rights Act.
All screenings are at the Al Whittle Theatre in Wolfville.
Jazz trio in Greenwich
A Celtic jazz trio will be performing at the Stems Cafe at Blomidon Nurseries, Greenwich on Sundays from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. The trio will perform April 12,19 and 26.
The performers will be Johanne McInnis on harp, Corey Bayer on bass and Alex Porter on percussion.
Puppets are art
Grow with Art is an art education and appreciation program for children aged five to 14. The next workshop leader is Struan Robertson from Mermaid Theatre on April 11.
Workshops run on the first Saturday of each month from 1-3 p.m. at the Kingstec campus of the Nova Scotia Community College in Kentville. The cost is $2 per workshops.
Band in concert
Highway 125 will perform in Wolfville on April 11 at 8 p.m.
Highway 125 is a five-piece blues/rock band out of Cape Breton Island. The group formed in the summer of 2009 and currently consists of Curtis Matheson on guitar/lead vocals/harmonica, Allan Currie on guitar/vocals, Tristan Baxter on bass guitar/vocals, Lonnie L. Jones on drums and, more recently, Matthew Nicholson on saxophone/vocals. Curtis Matheson and Allan Currie are the only remaining members from its original incarnation, and no member was any older than 15 years of age when the band first began playing together.
In 2012, the band quickly became popular around the Cape Breton music scene, performing in just about any place that was considered anywhere. By mid-2013, Mainland Nova Scotia had taken notice and began booking them to perform. With this, came their debut album, Payin’ Dues, which eventually went on to be listed third in the Blind Lemon Blues list of top 20 Canadian Blues albums of the year. The band’s 2014 EP, Off The Floor, also received an Honorary Mention by the Newfoundland radio show in 2015.
This Al Whittle Theatre performance will be recorded live by Kory Bayer of Soundmarket Live. K-Rock’s Darren Harvey will emcee the evening. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door.
They are available at Box of Delights Book Store in Wolfville now and at Moe’s Place Music Sales in Windsor.
Annual dinner theatre
CentreStage Theatre in Kentville has its annual dinner theatre April 17-18 at 6 p.m.
Come and enjoy the fun when a meeting of the Temperance Society goes “awry” (or rum-te-tum) in the musical Temper- ance in a Teacup. The Temperance meetings will be held on April 17, 18 and 19 in the Temperance Hall in Upper Performance Centre. The hall will open its doors at 6:15 p.m. and the meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. with appetizers. The evening will include a roast beef four course dinner.
Attend the Temperance meeting for a contribution of $50 and receive a $25 tax receipt. Call Lana Churchill, 902-542-2186, for more information. Reservations can also be made at 902-678-8040. If attending the present play, they can be obtained from Front of House at intermission.
Boucher at Harvest Gallery
Between April 18 and May 17, Annapolis County painter Wayne Boucher will have an exhibition at the Harvest Gallery in Wolfville.
Listen to Piaf
Ariana
Nasr
will be
channelling famed French chanteuse Edith Piaf for two concerts in late April.
Andy Flinn will accompany her at the performances on April 24 and 25.
They will also be the CD release of Nasr’s new recording, called La Vie en Rose. The singing will take place at the Al Whittle Theatre in Wolfville.
Concert time is 8 p.m. and tickets are $20.
Tickets are available at Box of Delights Bookshop and online from www.ArianaNasr.com
Youth orchestra coming
The Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra will be performing in Festival Theatre at Acadia University in Wolfville on April 25 at 7 p.m.
The concert will feature Ian Christian on double bass and Huachu Huang on violin. The program includes the Bottesini Bass Concerto no. 2, the Joseph Glaser Diptych and the Grofe Grand Canyon Suite.